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Jan 19, 1943
Drummer Joe Butler is born on Long Island. He joins the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful, whose "Nashville Cats" is listed among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
Jan 29, 1943
Eugene "Tagg" Lambert is born in Eckman, West Virginia. He becomes a member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, appearing on the 1968 recording "Southwestern Blues," which makes its way into the movie "The Right Stuff"
Jan 30, 1943
Sandy Yaguda, of the pop band Jay & The Americans, is born. The group's 1964 hit "Come A Little Bit Closer" finds new blood in country music in 1977 through a remake by Johnny Duncan and Janie Fricke
Feb 4, 1943
Record producer/keyboard player Barry Beckett is born in Birmingham, Alabama. He plays on hits by Bob Seger, Rodney Crowell and Willie Nelson, and produces country hits for Kenny Chesney, Lorrie Morgan, Alabama and Hank Williams Jr.
Feb 7, 1943
Tony Booth is born in Tampa, Florida. He enjoys three minor hits in 1972, including "The Key's In The Mailbox," and goes on to become the leader of Gene Watson's Farewell Party Band
Feb 9, 1943
R&B singer Barbara Lewis is born in South Lyon, Michigan. She earns a 1965 pop hit with "Baby, I'm Yours," resurrected in country music by Jody Miller six years later
Feb 12, 1943
Guitarist Jack Solomon is born in Columbus, Ohio. The husband of Melba Montgomery, he plays on her hits "No Charge" and "Don't Let The Good Times Fool You," plus recordings by B.J. Thomas, Mel Tillis and Ernest Tubb
Feb 13, 1943
Rock record producer Bill Szymczyk is born in Muskegon, Michigan. Noted for his work with such acts as Bob Seger and The J. Geils Band, he's most closely associated with The Eagles, producing their lone country hit "Lyin' Eyes"
Feb 19, 1943
Songwriter/keyboard player Bobby Emmons is born in Corinth, Mississippi. In addition to writing Waylon Jennings' "Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)" and George Strait's "So Much Like My Dad," he plays on hits by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks and Billy "Crash" Craddock
Feb 21, 1943
David Geffen is born in Brooklyn. He founds Asylum Records, a label home for The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt, and later Bryan White and Lila McCann. Geffen also is a co-founder of DreamWorks, which finds success with Darryl Worley and Toby Keith
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